Health Information Privacy

Health Information Privacy
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Mobile Health Surveillance Is Here to Stay, So How Do We Protect Privacy?
Benjamin Boudreaux
Aug 20, 2020
Inside Sources
Mobile phone surveillance can augment public health interventions to manage COVID-19 and might help countries prepare for the next outbreak. But these programs collect sensitive health and behavior data. That raises significant risks to personal privacy and civil liberties.
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China
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China in 2050, Using Mobile Tools to Track COVID-19, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 31, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on the future of U.S.-China competition, privacy concerns surrounding mobile tools used to track COVID-19, how telemedicine can help patients access specialized care, and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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What Happens When States Reopen, Truth Decay, Telemedicine: RAND Weekly Recap
May 22, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on the health and economic consequences of states reopening, the dangers of Truth Decay during the coronavirus crisis, helping refugees, and more.
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Health Information Privacy
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Should Communities Be Concerned About Digital Technologies to Fight COVID-19?
Abbie Tingstad, Shira H. Fischer @ShiraFischer, Erika L. Bloom @ErikaLBloom, Mary Lee
May 13, 2020
Inside Sources
Personal smart devices offer an unprecedented opportunity to identify, track, map, and communicate about COVID-19. But apps could pose privacy and security concerns.
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Bioethics
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Biology, in the Language of the People
Timothy Marler, Dona Odell
Feb 21, 2019
Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications
As technology and the ability to gather ever-growing amounts of data move further into the realms of biology and human performance, communication and transparency become increasingly important. Experts should consider whether they are using the words, examples, and models that connect with a broad audience most effectively.
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The Perils of Connecting Our Bodies to the Internet
Mary Lee
Oct 15, 2018
The WorldPost (Washington Post)
High-tech health care solutions are part of an emerging sector of medical technologies that monitor personal health data by essentially connecting your body to the Internet. As smart devices in health care evolve, the line between human and machine is blurring, and creating new concerns about consumer safety and privacy rights.
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Electronic Medical Records
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How Smartphone Apps Could Help Keep Health Records Accurate
Ben Moscovitch, Robert S. Rudin @rsrudin
Oct 4, 2018
TechCrunch
Electronic health records have helped streamline record keeping but providers aren't always able to reliably pull together records for the same patient from different hospitals, clinics, and doctor's offices. The growing use of smartphones offers a promising opportunity to improve record matching.
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Health Information Privacy
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Privacy Preferences for Healthcare Records and Information Across Europe
Catherine L. Saunders, Sunil Patil
May 11, 2016
Statistics Views
The general public has a more nuanced preference for the privacy of electronic health records than previously thought. Survey respondents said that they would not be averse to individuals involved in the health and rescue professions having access to their basic health information.
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Health Information Privacy
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A Unique Identifier Could Protect Patient Privacy
Michael D. Greenberg
Feb 3, 2016
STAT
The policy debate about unique patient identifier numbers should determine the best approach for reconciling two goals: optimizing the privacy and security of health information and making record matching as close to perfect as is practical.
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European Union
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The Cracks in Data Privacy
Lorenzo Valeri, Neil Robinson
May 19, 2009
European Voice
For almost 15 years, Europe has led the world in protecting personal data. At the EU level, it has done this through the data-protection directive adopted in 1995. But surveys such as one carried out by Eurobarometer last year illustrate that Europeans now feel insufficiently protected, write Lorenzo Valeri and Neil Robinson.
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RFID Security in the Workplace: Perk or Privacy?
Gordon Bitko, Tora K. Bikson, Edward Balkovich
Jun 1, 2007
Security World International
RFID Security in the Workplace: Perk or Privacy?, in the Security World International.
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And Now, the Good Side of Facial Profiling
John D. Woodward
Feb 4, 2001
Washington Post
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Mobile Health Surveillance Is Here to Stay, So How Do We Protect Privacy?

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RFID Security in the Workplace: Perk or Privacy?

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